The North Carolina State Archives is unable to decipher hundreds of old documents described as “colonial chicken scratch” and is seeking help, according to WRAL.
??? You can’t write in script? I thought everyone had to learn cursive in grade school? Hell, I used my Great grandfather’s spelling book from 1913 to practice my calligraphy. MadMarlin
Oh, noes. That involves reading, reasoning, researching and reading betwixt the lines skills. Ain't nobody got time for that no more. Money shot: "especially for 21st-century students, many of whom never learned cursive”,
If Texas court documents from 1840-1900 are an example (and they probably are), reading the steel pen and ink papers can be difficult. Fancy writing is the most difficult to figure out. Looks pretty, is confusing. It helps to have an idea of what was going on then and how some words have to be changed somewhat for modern understanding. Sounds like a good volunteer job, though.
Reading in cursive is hard when you can't write in it.
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??? You can’t write in script? I thought everyone had to learn cursive in grade school? Hell, I used my Great grandfather’s spelling book from 1913 to practice my calligraphy.
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I never mentioned that I couldn't.
DeletePoint being, by and large, for some time now the schools don't seem to be teaching it.
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They don't teach cuneiform either. It's about as useful today.
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DeleteThey don't teach cuneiform either. It's about as useful today."
It is breathtaking to contemplate the depth and breadth of the ignorance of Man's development and history in that statement.
Oh, noes. That involves reading, reasoning, researching and reading betwixt the lines skills.
ReplyDeleteAin't nobody got time for that no more.
Money shot: "especially for 21st-century students, many of whom never learned cursive”,
Just call Palantir and unleash their AI toolbox
ReplyDeleteThe first line says: Do Not Tear Down Our Damn Statues!
ReplyDeleteThose handwritten docs are history. More truth people don't want to know.
ReplyDeleteIf Texas court documents from 1840-1900 are an example (and they probably are), reading the steel pen and ink papers can be difficult. Fancy writing is the most difficult to figure out. Looks pretty, is confusing. It helps to have an idea of what was going on then and how some words have to be changed somewhat for modern understanding. Sounds like a good volunteer job, though.
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